Rufus' POV:

All of a sudden, all the color drained from Sylvia's face and her lips quivered as she pushed me away.

Startled, I sobered up completely. I hugged her from behind and murmured, "What's the matter, honey?"

To my surprise, Sylvia burst into tears.

I was so anxious that I tried to turn her around to look at her in the eyes, but she refused.

"You're scaring me, Sylvia. What's wrong?" I tried harder to turn her around, only to find that tears were streaming down her cheeks and her eyes were full of despair.

understand. Why is it still there?" Sylvia asked, choked

tried to wipe her tears away despite the anxiety gnawing at me. "Honey, just tell me what

and whispered, "Rufus, I'm

Seeing that she was too rattled to speak, I tried comforting her with

wiped her tears with the back of her hand

chin and looked into her eyes worriedly. "What happened?

her gaze. I could tell that

doesn't it?" Otherwise, she wouldn't have

Hearing this, Sylvia stiffened.

into my arms and sighed. It seemed I had guessed it right. Sylvia was hiding something from

border. I didn't think too much about that at the time. I just thought that she was not feeling well. But today, the same thing happened again and it was clear that something was wrong. If

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